Though she looks the part of a Hollywood starlet, Julia Zalucki is, at heart, a down-to-earth Canadian—the kind of girl that has an arcadesize Big Buck Hunter video game in her living room. “I’ve beaten him a few times,” she says of her fiancé, Chicago Blackhawks center Dave Bolland, a fellow Canadian she’s known since elementary school.

But despite what owning her own Big Buck Hunter may suggest, when it comes to style, Julia is far more big city than back country—especially regarding the Stanley Cup. During the playoffs, Julia has a very particular uniform: a Hawks jersey, skinny jeans and a pair of black Louboutins. “I wore that [outfit] all through the playoffs, at every game.” She even donned the ensemble on Philadelphia Flyers’ territory during the 2010 Stanley Cup finals, a move that had rival fans taunting her for wearing heels to a hockey game. “But I had to wear them because Dave kept getting goals and I thought that was why!” she exclaims. At United Center, however, Julia receives a different reception. “People will come up to me and say, ‘Can I take a picture with you?’ even when I’m not wearing my jersey. I don’t know how they know it’s me.”

After four years in Chicago, Julia is also a familiar figure on the local shopping scene. She cites Nordstrom and Saks on Michigan Avenue as essentials spots, and while she admits to splurging on a Louis Vuitton boho bag, she also likes to incorporate eclectic elements, such as accessories from Francesca’s Collections or items she’s picked up during her travels, into her wardrobe. (Her latest obsession: vintage cowboy boots from a shop in New Orleans.) But as a former hairstylist, Julia’s biggest style fixation is easily her gorgeous white-blonde hair. “When I go out, my hair is always done,” she says. “It has to be perfect.”

When asked to describe her style, Dianna Davis pauses to think— though her husband, Rashied, is much quicker with his opinion. “Sexy!” he shouts, fists in the air. She blushes and shakes her head. “Now that I have two kids, it has changed. It’s more about being practical, but also classic and chic.”

For Dianna, that means a wardrobe that blends investment pieces from Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus with everyday attire from J.Crew. It’s a mix that works for a full-time mom, who also spends her days helming Rashied Davis Charities (RDC), an organization that helps children achieve success through early literacy intervention. Though Rashied departed the Bears for the Detroit Lions in the off-season, RDC ensures the couple maintains a strong presence in Chicago. And when it’s time to hit the town, the couple takes it to the next level. “When we want to dress up, we really go all out,” Dianna says. For their RDC fundraiser last May, they turned to local designer Borris Powell—who shot to fame this year when he won The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science’s “Oscars Designer Challenge 2011”—for a custom-made suit and dress.

For the wife of a pro football player in the Midwest, practicality also involves staying warm. “When I came here [from California in 2006] I didn’t have sweaters or boots. I had to learn how to layer and look cute,” she says. For below-zero game days, Dianna favors a Patagonia jacket or her San José State University parka and a pair of Ugg boots. But “when it’s not freezing outside, I’ll wear my Mrs. Davis jersey that’s blinged out, skinny jeans and either boots or flats.” Though they may look flashy, especially while sitting en masse in the family section, Dianna insists NFL wives are just like everyone else. “We’re so much more than what people see on TV with the reality shows: We’re mothers, we own businesses, we’re charitable, we’re educated. We aren’t just shopping and drinking wine all day.” She pauses and thinks for a moment, then smiles. “But it doesn’t hurt to look nice and represent your man.”

Bubbly and with a winning smile, Sarah Marshall could easily be the girl next door—if the girl next door were married to an all-star Major League Baseball player. As the wife of Sean Marshall, the dominant relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, Sarah has lived the past two years on the road, traveling to nearly every away game with her husband. It’s a lifestyle that means Sarah pretty much has a bag packed at all times.

“A hair straightener, makeup, workout clothes and heels,” says Sarah, ticking off her travel essentials. “Since Sean is 6 feet 7, I have to have at least a little height on all of my shoes.” (Sarah is just 5 feet 6.) On-the-road attire includes skinny jeans, cute tops and heels, as players and their wives often hit the town postgame. But now that the Marshalls have a four-month-old son, Brody, Sarah will not only be altering her travel schedule a bit, but her game-day wardrobe as well. “At Wrigley Field, everyone knows you. I want to be a little more casual, like everyone else.”

For this Chicago native, marrying a Cubs player is a reality—but it’s also the romantic dream of every North Side girl. The Marshalls met in Milwaukee. Sean was on the road playing the Brewers, and Sarah—a lifelong Cubs fan— and her friends traveled there to cheer them on.

When it comes to shopping, Marshall hits Nordstrom on The Magnificent Mile, and cites Hudson jeans and Michael Kors oversize watches as wardrobe staples. Though the most precious piece in Sarah’s wardrobe is hardly haute, its sentimentality makes it as valuable as any couture piece: She and Sean have matching friendship-style beaded bracelets with religious significance that they bought four years ago when they first started dating. “We never take them off,” says Sarah. “It’s the most meaningful thing I wear.”

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Styling for the Penas, Zalucki and Bolland, and the Marshalls by Matt Douglas for Artists by Timothy Priano; Hair and makeup by Rachel McQuen for Emerging Artists, Fredy for Emerging Artists and Anna Lee Jackson